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Australian CMIP6 Data

Currently registered Australian CMIP6 contributions include:

1. ACCESS-CM2
   1. DECK, and historical and SSPs have been completed. 
   2. For more information see the NCI Data Catalogue ACCESS-CM2 
2. ACCESS-ESM1-5
   1. Both DECK and historical runs will be completed with C4MIP, CDRMIP currently in preparation.

This data is now available. NCI users will need to join fs38 to get access to this data. The data will be Available data has also been published on the NCI ESGF Node for additional access.

About ACCESS-CM2 and ACCESS-ESM1.5

ACCESS-CM2 and ACCESS-ESM1.5 differ in their atmospheric component. ACCESS-CM2 uses a current configuration of the Unified Model (UM), while ACCESS-ESM1.5 uses an older UM configuration, close to that used in ACCESS1.3 for CMIP5. For this reason, ACCESS-CM2 has a larger climate sensitivity (2xCO2 ECS=4.7K) than ACCESS-ESM1.5 (2xCO2 ECS=3.8K). ACCESS-ESM1.5 simulates the carbon cycle and consequently additional carbon-related variables are included in the ACCESS-ESM1.5 dataset. C4MIP and CDRMIP experiments will also be available for ACCESS-ESM1.5.

For more information about the Australian CMIP6 data see the NCI Data Catalogue - CMIP6-era. 

Published Australian CMIP5 Data

Under CMIP5, NCI is the primary source of data for four published coupled models from the Australian climate science community:

• ACCESS1.0
  • For more information see the Geonetwork Link.
  • Additional information can be found at: https://confluence.csiro.au/display/ACCESS/Home
• ACCESS1.3 (link as above)
  • For more information see the Geonetwork Link
• CSIRO-Mk3.6.0
  • For more information see the Geonetwork Link
  • Additional information can be found at: https://confluence.csiro.au/public/CSIROMk360
• CSIRO-Mk3L-1-2.
  • For more information see the Geonetwork Link

Other MIPs

NCI has also publishes data contributing to CORDEX, GeoMIP, and other MIPs as required. Currently published datasets, available on /g/data/r33, include:

1. CORDEX – data on AUS, AUS-44 and AUS-44i under a range of models and forcing.
2. GeoMIP – From CSIRO-Mk3L-1-2, a part of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP).
3. PMIP3 – From CSIRO-Mk3L-1-2, a part of the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP3).

For further information, see the Old - CMIP Data Access Information page.